crap

crap · noun, verb, adjective, interjection¹

1. Old Dutchkrappen
2. Old Frenchcrappe
3. Middle Frenchcrape
4. Middle Englishcrappe
5. English todaycrap

From Middle English crappe, also in plural: crappys, craps (“chaff; buckwheat”), from Middle French crape, from Old French crappe, crapin (“chaff”) (compare Medieval Latin crappa pl, also crapinum), from Old Dutch krappen (“to cut off, pluck off”) (whence Middle Dutch crappe, crap (“a chop, cutlet”), whence Dutch krip (“a steak”)). Related to crop.

crap · noun²

From crab's eyes.